What I didn’t notice… On Friday, I went on a bike ride. It was just me riding on a long country road. It winds and has some pretty steep climbs, but it is beautiful and worth the steady climb. The reward on the way back, with its long, swooping downhills, is breathtaking. It was a gorgeous, early fall day, and I couldn’t sit inside and work anymore. I…
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Me: “Boo, I am detoxing today.” Sam: “You’re what?!” Me: “Detoxing… from all the crud I have eaten over the last 2 weeks at the fair and camp. I feel like a slug, I need to get rid of all the sugar and salt.” Sam: “Okay.” 5 minutes later Sam: “Mom!” (smile with an eye roll) Mom: “What?” (sheepish grin) Sam: “Seriously? I thought you were “detoxing”? Mom: “Ummm… (sheepish grin again)… I…
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To air condition or not to air condition? That is the question. I have always been opposed to air conditioning. I hate the sound. I hate the filter system. It gets moldy from moisture building up. Then people breathe it in, and they get sick, blah, blah, blah. I hate the cost of buying them and running them. I hate how they can smell–goes back to the care…
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Every spring, I think of this poem. I go to my bookcase, pull out my book of Robert Frost poems, and turn to page 1: The Pasture. I go back to a simpler time, a clearer time. Clean and fresh, a bubbling spring brook. It’s like shedding the cloak of winter. I think of promise, freshness, and a new beginning. As we enter the week of the Spring…
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Yikes! It’s cold! (Finally) Ooh, did I say that too loud? I hate the cold, but at the same time, we needed it here in the Northeast. It was time for the ground to freeze, the ticks to die, and the ski slopes to fully open. And I have kept walking every day, working out, fiercely getting my work done, and eating things like mac and cheese, chocolate cake,…
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It’s polar plunge season, finally! I never thought I would say this but I go in my pool every day–now that the water temperature is below 60 degrees! I am keeping it open until the very last hoorah, so I can polar plunge every day. After that, it will be in the Battenkill–not quite so easy to get to. Once a week, maybe with my plunger friends. Here’s…
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I love the smell of manure. I don’t get to smell it every day like I used to. Friday, when I was walking to the post office, I was caught off guard a bit by the familiar smell that wafted into my nasal cavity. It was like an old friend. But where was it coming from? It is not a typical smell in the village of Greenwich. It…
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It’s time for the fair! And getting Jacob George to Michigan State! Once this hits your inbox, cows will be moving to the fairgrounds, the haylage will be judged, and the final load of laundry will be drying. There will have been some tearful goodbyes, registration papers will have been checked, and the car will be packed and ready to head to East Lansing, Michigan. Is it possible…
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I have a royal confession to make. I am a card-carrying royal watcher. I receive notifications from People Magazine about the latest going’s on at the palace. And I OWN IT! (please don’t think me pathetic) This “interest” goes way back to when I was younger and visitted England. I can’t help myself! All those jewels, fineries, and stories, oh, the scandals! So, of course, I tuned in…
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A farmer is not slow, lazy, or inconsiderate. However, a farmer always thinks they can get one more thing done before they have to return to the house to clean up and go somewhere. Whether it be to a wedding or funeral, family gathering or church meeting… there is always one more thing to do before. But speaking as a support staff member, I know you better be ready,…
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